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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



dwelling, the roof should slope both ways, from the centre. 

 The advantage of the junction in the former case, is, that 

 less outer surface of the conservatory being exposed to the 

 cold, viz. only a side and two ends, less fuel will be required ; 

 the advantage in the latter case is, that the main walk lead- 

 ing down the conservatory, will be exactly in the line of the 

 vista from the drawing-room of the dwelling. 



It is, we hope, almost unnecessary to state, that the roof of 

 a conservatory, or indeed any other house where plants are 

 to be well-grown, must be glazed. Opaque roofs prevent 

 the admission of perpendicular light, without which, the 

 stems of vegetation are drawn up weak and feeble, as well 

 as attracted in an unsightly manner towards the glass in 

 front. When the conservatory joins the house by one of its 

 ends, and extends out from the building to a considerable 

 length, the effect will be much more elegant, and the plants 

 will thrive more admirably, if it is glazed on all of the three 

 sides, so as to admit light in every direction. 



The best aspect for a conservatory is directly south ; south- 

 east and southwest are scarcely inferior. Even east and 

 west exposures will do very well, where there is plenty of 

 glass to admit light ; for though our winters are cold, yet 

 there is a great abundance of sun, and bright clear atmos- 

 phere, both far more beneficial to plants, than the moist, foggy 

 vapour of an English winter, which, though mild, is compara- 

 tively sunless. When the conservatory adjoins and looks into 

 the flower-garden, the effect will be appropriate and pleasing. 



Some few hints respecting the construction of a conserva- 

 tory may not be unacceptable to some of our readers. In the 

 first place, the roof should have a sufficient slope to carry off 

 the rain rapidly, to prevent leakage ; from 40 to 45 degrees is 

 found to be the best inclination in our climate. The roof 



